[freenet-chat] question - node throttling limit

Wed May 17 05:28:28 UTC 2006

* David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz> [2006-05-17 14:05:38]:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm really needing to constrain my bandwidth usage, since out here in
> the boonies of the world, I'm paying $2/GB.
> 
> Question is - would setting 'node.outputBandwidthLimit' to 2K or even 1K
> result in a node that essentially Doesn't Work (TM)?
> 
> Even at 2K, (assuming 2K downstream as well), this amounts to 10GB/month
> = $20 surcharge.
> 
> If such throttling would cripple the node, what's the effective minimum
> I could throttle it to while still having a working node?

It depends on the number of peers you have.

Imho 2K limit is hardly usable. Remember that the setting is a
HARDLIMIT.

NextGen$
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